Worms Reloaded Download – It’s been almost 15 years since the rabid worms of the Worms series have been waging a merciless war whose cause they have long since forgotten. Backed by no deceit, these fearsome and delirious fighters have pretty much slipped on all the gaming platforms released so far, including Gizmondo. After the phenomenal success of the Armageddon and World Party episodes, the series unfortunately suffered a lot from its move to 3D in 2003. The gameplay was not so attractive and many players did not adhere to the concept. Fortunately, the studio Team 17 has been able to step back in time by designing in 2006 new episodes 2D, so-called third generation: Open Warfare (DS / PSP), The Odyssey Space (Wii) and Worms 2: Armageddon (Xbox 360 ). Luckily, Worms Reloaded is precisely the PC adaptation of the latter.

After a brief training, intended to put us in mind the different commands (keyboard or pad), we will logically gravitate towards the Campaign and its 35 levels to progressive difficulty. Indeed, at the beginning, it is easy to explode reduced teams, whose members usually have less health than your flock. Relatively little combative, quick to plant lamentably by pulling on his own lines, the AI ​​obviously tends to harden once past the ten levels. You will then be for generous bastons full of moments of anthology, triumphs and tragedies. At regular intervals, we will also be entitled to some missions that are a little out of the ordinary. For example, we will have to try to reach the exit of a level before the end of the allotted time and this by using only a single jetpack or a simple ninja rope. In other cases, you will be asked to spray two immobile worms using only a mine and a kamikaze. Not always very inspired, these small challenges nevertheless allow to vary the pleasures.

Each victory in the campaign will allow you to pocket a few coins that you will obviously rush to invest in the game shop. The virtual stall contains indeed a lot of fun accessories, such as headgear, new tombstones and even new colors, which will obviously serve to make your commando absolutely unique. But that’s not all, the trade of our dear earthworms will also allow you to acquire environments (the game has 6 in total) for your custom games, new levels as well as overpowering weapons well known to fans of the world. series. Ladies, ladies, gentlemen, count on Holy Grenada, the Super Mouton Remote Control, the Donkey Cement, the bouncing Banana Bomb and Armageddon. This last ultimate weapon actually takes the form of a rain of incandescent meteorites that falls on the battlefield, indistinctly spraying your worms like those of the enemy.

You will also find great classics such as radio-guided missiles, fragmentation grenades, fire mandals, baseball bats, air raids (classic explosive or napalm), all accompanied by traditional teleporters, jetpacks and other ninja ropes. We will also appreciate the presence in this beautiful equipment rack appeared on DS and PSP. We will find among other things a magnet capable of attracting or repelling metallic projectiles, a defensive turret that will sully happily all enemies passing within range or the crusher (a bomb that will serve to dislodge the worms stuck in the galleries and caverns). All in all, all the elements are there to allow us to produce great battles through various game modes including a “Kill All” mode challenging us to shoot as many worms as possible with one fighter.

Pleasant solo, it is of course in multiplayer that Worms Reloaded takes all its dimension. Against buddies on the same PC or strangers online, confronting all the evil of one or more human spirits changes everything. But beyond the simple classic massacre sessions, the Team 17 has still sought to offer us other modes of play. First, we find the Fortress mode, which sees two to four squads of Worms, well installed in their side of the field. But we will also count on the very nice Race to the rope, which will see two worms trying to reach the exit of a level using only a ninja rope. In turn, each participant will try to go faster than his opponent.

In the end, nothing distinguishes Worms 2: Armageddon on Xbox 360 from this Worms Reloaded on PC if it is not the presence in the latter of a very complete level editor allowing us to create in the smallest details the tables on which we wish to be free. Packed with easy-to-use tools, this editor is also able to read any .bpm or .tga image on our computer to make a beautiful scenery. With a little patience and know-how, it will be possible to fight in his own room or in his college. And we see from here the smart guys who will enjoy putting a stick of dynamite at the feet of their math teacher or under the skirt of the first class just for fun. But after all, that’s exactly the spirit of Worms!

After Worms 2: Armageddon on Xbox 360, Worms Reloaded confirms the successful return of the series to 2D on PC. Already funny solo, this episode becomes once again downright deadly to many. And even if its content can not compete with that of Worms World Party, its low price and its careful playability will certainly justify its acquisition.